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Some Ran Badly Running Not Being Their Sport Crossword Clue

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99%7Exact Match!
noun

• someone who rows a boat

39%8Ran things badly
noun

• government that is inefficient or dishonest

26%5Some are Olympian, running these round their rivals?
noun

• gymnastic apparatus consisting of a pair of heavy metal circles (usually covered with leather) suspended by ropes; used for gymnastic exercises

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